| What is Twitter spam really? What can you do about | | | | rub is that many marketers will start their accounts |
| it? This has been a problem for many and it's only | | | | out looking like just another Joe on Twitter, but then |
| going to continue to grow as Twitter becomes more | | | | as soon as they get enough followers they account |
| and more prevalent. | | | | morphs into a full on marketer. So who you thought |
| There are people out there constantly complaining | | | | you were following turned into be something else. |
| about all the Spam on Twitter, it's constantly filling up | | | | How do you solve this problem. Don't waste your |
| their Twitter feed not allowing them to see the value | | | | energy and time getting annoyed or mad, it won't |
| and content they want to find in their feed, not | | | | help or solve anything. You are the one that followed |
| allowing them to see who they really want to see. | | | | them, so ultimately you are the one to blame. |
| The first problem is everyone is on a different page | | | | Remember to analyze the accounts better when |
| on what is and isn't Twitter spam. Many people are | | | | following someone you don't know. The solution is |
| referring to Twitter Spam incorrectly as I see it. | | | | very very simple. Stop following them if you don't |
| Once you understand the difference you'll probably | | | | want to see what they have to offer, if you like you |
| feel a lot better and more empowered on what your | | | | can go as far as blocking the person, but I would not |
| options are. | | | | report them to twitter as spam. That's me personally. |
| What Twitter spam is, is when you get something | | | | I believe the have the right to be ignorant on how |
| you didn't want, no different than email spam. These | | | | best to utilize Twitter and the amazing opportunity it |
| are the twitter accounts out there that @ you in a | | | | brings. They're easily identifiable enough and simple |
| message to get your attention to plug a product or | | | | enough to avoid. |
| opportunity. From my own personal experience the | | | | If you're using any kind of automated service to |
| occurrences of this actually happening on Twitter is | | | | manage your Twitter followers either don't have it |
| quite low, but I have seen it pick up a little bit | | | | set to automatically follow those that follow you, or |
| recently. | | | | if you're using a service such as SocialOomph you can |
| How do you solve this? You really can't. The best | | | | still leave the auto follow on and run your followers |
| thing to do is to simply block that user so they can't | | | | through the vetting feature there to allow you to |
| do it again. If you like you can also report them to | | | | review those before they do follow you. With this |
| Twitter as a spammer. This will quickly get their | | | | feature you'll also be able to see their recent tweet |
| account suspended and keep them from doing this | | | | and how many other social oomph patrons approved |
| to anyone else as well. You'll also notice that these | | | | them ignored them or blocked them by percentage. |
| particular accounts rarely have that many if any | | | | This is another good way to help manage your |
| followers. | | | | stream and keep out any unwanted information. |
| What Twitter spam is not. Twitter spam is not those | | | | What's going to happen when you stop following |
| twitter accounts that constantly plug a product, | | | | them. Well your Twitter follower count will more than |
| business opportunity or some kind of sales pitch that | | | | likely be effected. So I guess that's a small thing to |
| fills up your Twitter feed. Why isn't this spam, | | | | consider, but really I think it's more important to have |
| because you've opted to follow them. You've given | | | | less well engaged followers than more followers that |
| the permission to see what they have to offer. The | | | | don't even listen. |